dessert

Earl Grey Pound Cake

Early grey and lavender loaf

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Serves
12
Prep
30 min
Cook
60 min

Tools

  • Stand mixer
  • Loaf pan

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cup420 gall purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup65 gcornstarch
  • 1 tsp6 gsalt
  • 1 tbsp12 gbaking powder
  • 1/2 tsp3 gbaking soda

Wet Ingredients

  • 1 cup227 gunsalted butter, room temp
  • 1/4 cup55 gvegetable oil
  • 1 3/4 cup350 ggranulated sugar
  • 4eggs, room temp
  • 1/2 cup115 gGreek yogurt, room temp
  • 1 cup240 gbuttermilk, room temp
  • 1 tspvanilla bean paste
  • 1 tsplavender paste (or extract)

Earl Grey Batter Ingredients

  • 1/2 cuploose early grey tea leaves
  • 2 tspvanilla bean paste

Buttercream Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup170 gunsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cup240 gpowdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 tspvanilla bean paste
  • 1/2 tsplavender extract
  • 2 tbsp30 gheavy cream

Steps

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Loaf

  1. Preheat oven to 350º F.
  2. Bloom the earl 1/2 cup by adding 2tbsp (30ml) boiling water.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
  4. In the stand mixer, beat the 1 cup227 g · Wet Ingredients3/4 cup170 g · Buttercream Ingredients, 1/4 cup55 g, and 1 3/4 cup350 g · Wet Ingredients2 cup240 g · Buttercream Ingredients until fluffy.
  5. Add in the 4 one at a time to the stand mixer.
  6. Mix in the 1/2 cup115 g, 1 cup240 g, 1 tsp · Wet Ingredients2 tsp · Earl Grey Batter Ingredients1 1/2 tsp · Buttercream Ingredients, and 1 tsp · Wet Ingredients1/2 tsp · Buttercream Ingredients to the stand mixer.
  7. Slowly mix in the dry ingredients until just combined.
  8. Divide the batter in two.
  9. In one of the batters, mix in the 1/2 cup and 1 tsp · Wet Ingredients2 tsp · Earl Grey Batter Ingredients1 1/2 tsp · Buttercream Ingredients.
  10. Layer the batters into a pan lined with parchment paper or a pan greased and dusted with 1 cup227 g · Wet Ingredients3/4 cup170 g · Buttercream Ingredients.
  11. Bake for one hour. Time may vary. The loaf is done when it's golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
  12. Let cool completely before adding buttercream.

Buttercream

  1. Beat the 1 cup227 g · Wet Ingredients3/4 cup170 g · Buttercream Ingredients until fluffy. 2-3 minutes.
  2. On a low speed, add in the 2 cup240 g.
  3. Mix in the 1 tsp · Wet Ingredients2 tsp · Earl Grey Batter Ingredients1 1/2 tsp · Buttercream Ingredients, 1 tsp · Wet Ingredients1/2 tsp · Buttercream Ingredients, and 2 tbsp30 g.
  4. Whip on medium-high until light and airy.